diff --git a/cli/src/console.rs b/cli/src/console.rs
index 4e24911..dc07113 100644
--- a/cli/src/console.rs
+++ b/cli/src/console.rs
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ pub async fn run_input(host: Host) -> Result<()> {
         }
     });
     let mut printer = started.await??;
-    run_commands(host, lines, move |text| {
+    run_commands(host, lines, true, move |text| {
         printer.print(format!("{text}\n"))?;
         Ok(())
     })
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ async fn run_plain(host: Host) -> Result<()> {
             }
         }
     });
-    run_commands(host, lines, |text| {
+    run_commands(host, lines, false, |text| {
         use std::io::Write;
         writeln!(std::io::stdout(), "{text}")?;
         Ok(())
@@ -356,10 +356,11 @@ async fn run_plain(host: Host) -> Result<()> {
     .await
 }
 
-// Both input modes keep the prompt available and label asynchronous results.
+// Both input modes label results. Only terminal input starts concurrent commands.
 async fn run_commands(
     host: Host,
     mut lines: tokio::sync::mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<Result<String>>,
+    concurrent: bool,
     mut print: impl FnMut(String) -> Result<()>,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     let mut notifications = host.subscribe();
@@ -381,7 +382,7 @@ async fn run_commands(
                 let text = result.unwrap_or_else(|error|format!("error: {error}"));
                 if !text.is_empty() { print(format!("> {line}\n{}",indent(&text)))?; }
             },
-            line = lines.recv(), if input_open => match line {
+            line = lines.recv(), if input_open && (concurrent || commands.is_empty()) => match line {
                 Some(line) => {
                     let line = line?;
                     if line.trim()=="quit" { print("> quit\n  Goodbye.".into())?; return Ok(()); }
@@ -446,7 +447,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut events = host.subscribe();
         let (sender, lines) = tokio::sync::mpsc::unbounded_channel();
         let (printed, mut output) = tokio::sync::mpsc::unbounded_channel();
-        let runner = tokio::spawn(run_commands(host.clone(), lines, move |text| {
+        let runner = tokio::spawn(run_commands(host.clone(), lines, true, move |text| {
             printed.send(text).unwrap();
             Ok(())
         }));
diff --git a/cli/tests/cli.rs b/cli/tests/cli.rs
index c4b13a1..2edea04 100644
--- a/cli/tests/cli.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/cli.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use std::{
     time::Duration,
 };
 use tokio::{
-    io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, BufReader},
+    io::AsyncWriteExt,
     process::{Child, Command},
 };
 
@@ -307,51 +307,54 @@ async fn console_error_stops_host() {
     assert!(stopped > 0);
 }
 
-/// Ps and kill remain available before a slow command returns.
+/// Piped calls wait for activation, and EOF or quit preserves the last result.
 #[tokio::test]
-async fn piped_console_accepts_commands_during_a_call() {
-    let (_folder, world) = world();
-    install_probe(&world);
-    let mut child = binary()
-        .arg("run")
-        .arg(world)
-        .stdin(Stdio::piped())
-        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
-        .spawn()
-        .unwrap();
-    let mut input = child.stdin.take().unwrap();
-    let mut output = BufReader::new(child.stdout.take().unwrap()).lines();
-    input.write_all(b"probe.busy\n").await.unwrap();
-    let mut pid = None;
-    tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(15), async {
-        while pid.is_none() {
-            input.write_all(b"ps\n").await.unwrap();
-            while let Some(line) = output.next_line().await.unwrap() {
-                if line.contains("probe busy console") {
-                    pid = line.split_whitespace().next().map(str::to_owned);
-                    break;
-                }
-                if line.contains("PID PLUGIN METHOD") {
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
+async fn piped_console_runs_dependent_commands_in_order() {
+    for ending in ["", "quit\n"] {
+        let (_folder, world) = world();
+        std::fs::copy(probe(), world.join("candidate.wasm")).unwrap();
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(world.join("state/probe")).unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(world.join("state/probe/discover.json"), r#"{"methods":[]}"#).unwrap();
+        let activate = r#"core.activate {"plugin":"notes","wasm":"candidate.wasm","force":true}"#;
+        let call = r#"notes.echo {"ordered":true}"#;
+        let mut child = binary()
+            .arg("run")
+            .arg(&world)
+            .stdin(Stdio::piped())
+            .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+            .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+            .spawn()
+            .unwrap();
+        child
+            .stdin
+            .take()
+            .unwrap()
+            .write_all(format!("{activate}\n{call}\n{ending}").as_bytes())
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let output = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(20), child.wait_with_output())
+            .await
+            .unwrap()
+            .unwrap();
+        let stdout = String::from_utf8(output.stdout).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            output.status.code(),
+            Some(0),
+            "{}",
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
+        );
+        assert!(!stdout.contains("error:"), "{stdout}");
+        assert!(stdout.contains(r#""ordered": true"#), "{stdout}");
+        assert!(
+            stdout.find(&format!("> {activate}")).unwrap()
+                < stdout.find(&format!("> {call}")).unwrap(),
+            "{stdout}"
+        );
+        if !ending.is_empty() {
+            assert!(
+                stdout.find(r#""ordered": true"#).unwrap() < stdout.find("> quit").unwrap(),
+                "{stdout}"
+            );
         }
-    })
-    .await
-    .unwrap();
-    input
-        .write_all(format!("kill {}\n", pid.unwrap()).as_bytes())
-        .await
-        .unwrap();
-    tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(15), async {
-        while let Some(line) = output.next_line().await.unwrap() {
-            if line.starts_with("> kill ") {
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-    })
-    .await
-    .unwrap();
-    input.write_all(b"quit\n").await.unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(status(&mut child).await.code(), Some(0));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/cli/tests/crates/cargo-valid/src/main.rs b/cli/tests/crates/cargo-valid/src/main.rs
index aa81b93..73d7a70 100644
--- a/cli/tests/crates/cargo-valid/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/crates/cargo-valid/src/main.rs
@@ -99,11 +99,21 @@ mod tests {
             .unwrap()
             .map(|entry| entry.unwrap().file_name())
             .collect();
-        assert!(names.iter().all(|name| {
-            ["proc", "self", "run", "tmp"]
-                .iter()
-                .any(|allowed| name == allowed)
-        }));
+        // The runner mounts the package folder at its host path, so the first
+        // folder of that path also appears in `/` (for example `tmp` or `build`).
+        let package = env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")
+            .trim_start_matches('/')
+            .split('/')
+            .next()
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(
+            names.iter().all(|name| {
+                ["proc", "self", "run", package]
+                    .iter()
+                    .any(|allowed| name == allowed)
+            }),
+            "{names:?}"
+        );
         for path in ["/proc", "/self", "/run"] {
             assert!(std::path::Path::new(path).is_dir());
         }